[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12893-12894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04512]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-501]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products From 
Turkey: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending its final 
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products (pipes and 
tubes) from Turkey. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2017 through 
April 30, 2018. The amended final weighted-average dumping margins are 
listed below in the section entitled ``Amended Final Results.''

DATES: Applicable March 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 22, 2020, Commerce published the Final Results of the 
2017-2018 administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Borusan 
Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Borusan), a mandatory 
respondent in this administrative review, timely filed a ministerial 
error allegation concerning the Final Results and requested, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.224, that Commerce correct the alleged ministerial 
error.\2\ On January 22, 2020, Borusan filed a complaint with the U.S. 
Court of International Trade (CIT) challenging the Final Results. On 
February 3, 2020, Commerce sought leave from the CIT to address the 
ministerial error allegation involving the Final Results. On February 
4, 2020, the CIT granted Commerce's request.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube 
Products from Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2017-
2018, 85 FR 3616 (January 22, 2020) (Final Results), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Borusan's Letter, ``Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes from Turkey, Case No. A-489-501: Borusan's Ministerial 
Error Comments,'' dated January 21, 2020 (Borusan's Ministerial 
Error Comments).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are welded carbon steel standard 
pipe and tube products with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more 
but not over 16 inches of any wall thickness, and are currently 
classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 
7306.30.50.90. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under investigation is dispositive. These products, 
commonly referred to in the industry as standard pipe or tube, are 
produced to various ASTM specifications, most notably A-120, A-53 or A-
135.

Legal Framework

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
defines ``ministerial errors'' as including ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' \3\ With respect to final results of an administrative 
review, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce ``will analyze any 
comments received and, if appropriate, correct any ministerial error by 
amending . . . the final results of review . . . .''
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Ministerial Error Allegation

    In its ministerial error allegation, Borusan argues that Commerce 
set the incorrect beginning window period for matching home market and 
U.S. sales in Commerce's margin program.\4\ Accordingly, Borusan argues 
Commerce should correct the beginning window period date to three 
months preceding the earliest U.S. date of sale for merchandise 
entering the United States during the POR, consistent with 19 CFR 
351.414(f).\5\
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    \4\ See Borusan's Ministerial Error Comments.
    \5\ Id.
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    We agree with Borusan that Commerce committed an inadvertent error 
within the meaning of section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f) 
when setting the beginning window period date for U.S. sales in our 
margin program. Consistent with 19 CFR 351.414(f), we intended to set 
the beginning window period date to three months preceding the earliest 
U.S. date of sale for merchandise entering the United States during the 
POR.

Amended Final Results

    After analyzing Borusan's comments, we have determined, in 
accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), that 
we made a ministerial error in the Final Results with respect to 
Borusan's margin programming.\6\ For a detailed discussion of this 
ministerial error, as well as Commerce's analysis of this error, see 
the Ministerial Error Memorandum.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``2017-2018 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe 
and Tube Products from Turkey: Allegation of Ministerial Errors in 
the Final Results,'' dated concurrently with this Federal Register 
notice (Ministerial Error Memorandum).
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results of this administrative review of 
pipes and tubes from Turkey. As a result of correcting the ministerial 
error, we determined that the dumping margin calculated for Borusan and 
the non-selected companies \7\ in these amended final results is as 
follows:
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    \7\ Consistent with the Final Results, Commerce assigns to the 
companies not individually examined (i.e., Kale Baglanti 
Teknolojileri San. ve Tic.; Noksel Selik Boru Sanayi A.S.; and Cinar 
Boru Profil San. ve Tic. As) the weighted average dumping margin 
calculated for Borusan in these amended final results, because it is 
the only calculated weighted-average dumping margin that is not 
zero, de minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts 
available.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S...............        8.48

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Kale Baglanti Teknolojileri San. ve Tic.....................        8.48
Noksel Selik Boru Sanayi A.S................................        8.48
Cinar Boru Profil San. ve Tic. As...........................        8.48
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these 
amended final results of review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The 
ministerial error corrections resulted in an 8.48 percent margin for 
the companies not individually examined: Kale Baglanti Teknolojileri 
San. ve Tic., Noksel Selik Boru Sanayi A.S., and Cinar Boru Profil San. 
ve Tic. As. Accordingly, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries at the non-individually examined rate, i.e., 8.48 
percent.
    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate, i.e., 14.74 percent, from the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation as modified by the section 129 
determination,\8\ if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\9\
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    \8\ See Implementation of the Findings of the WTO Panel in US--
Zeroing (EC): Notice of Determinations Under Section 129 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and Revocations and Partial Revocations 
of Certain Antidumping Duty Orders, 72 FR 25261 (May 4, 2007).
    \9\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    On January 23, 2020, the CIT issued a preliminary injunction 
prohibiting the assessment of duties on entries of subject merchandise 
produced and/or exported by Borusan starting January 23, 2020. 
Accordingly, Commerce will not order CBP to assess antidumping duties 
on entries of that merchandise while the preliminary injunction is in 
place.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective 
retroactively for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the January 22, 
2020, the date of publication of the Final Results of this 
administrative review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the company under review will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the amended 
final results of this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
or exporters not covered in this administrative review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review or another completed segment of this 
proceeding, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither 
the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
previously completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit 
rate will be the all-others rate of 14.74 percent established in the 
LTFV investigation.\10\
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    \10\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Welded Carbon Steel Standard 
Pipe and Tube Products from Turkey, 51 FR 17784 (May 15, 1986).
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary 
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These amended final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: February 28, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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